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Nick Denton links to a Spanish new site with some awesome information graphics on the goings-on in Afghanistan. Flash. Excellent information design.

Ok, so, like everyone else I hated Wes Crusher on ST:TNG (those who care will know what that means). But I must say that Wil Wheaton, Wes Crusher look-alike and all-around geeky dude, is a riot. And he has his own oft-updated blog and discussion group. Wil's been on my "Reads" list for months now - check him out.

Kevin Werbach has written a great article about the rules governing licensing of the radio spectrum, wireless ethernet (WiFi - 802.11b), spread-spectrum technologies, and other things.

Dave says: "Work without coffee? My brain says no."

David spots a great bumper sticker:

"Avoid meddling in affairs of dragons
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup." Some of my readers may not know this is a clever send-up of a famous quote from J. R. R. Tolkien's classic "Fellowship Of The Ring": "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger."

I'm finally taking a day to hack on a project I've been wanting to do for ages. Others have built RSS news aggregators before, and I don't suppose mine will be anything special, but I'm digging deeper into WebObjects, and hope to implement some cool ideas in my own news aggregator.

Now that we have our super-fast cable connection on one computer, I have to have it on all my computers!!! I want my wireless access point and router to get here so I can surf at high speeds from my couch!

This is turning out to be a Coen Brothers weekend. We watched Oh Brother Where Art Thou? the other day and we're watching The Big Lebowski tonight.

This post is coming to you courtesy our new sooper-dooper cable modem!

Well, we're finally getting high-speed internet access through Cox. And today we bought this little gem for our apartment. Finally my dream of getting online, anytime, anywhere in or around my home will be realized.

Dave writes:

_What if you could design, create and edit a stack in a single outline? That's what I have working. Instead of the runtime being Hypercard, the runtime is the Web. _

I have a problem with this... I learned to program using HyperCard and HyperTalk. What Dave has working is HyperTalk in an outline, with placeholders for GUI elements. Frontier has a great outliner. I won't dispute it. But an outliner is not the place to develop visual interfaces.

Heh. Dave is working on some way of including/setting form elements in his outlines. Looks like ASP. Why the new syntax, Dave? What happened to {usertalk.macro.syntax}?

Heh. Dave is working on some way of including/setting form elements in his outlines. Looks like ASP. Why the new syntax, Dave? What happened to {usertalk.macro.syntax}?

Today we go to get our Arizona drivers licenses. They do things differently out here. Like there's no property tax on your car but it costs $120 to get a license plate.

Matt Goyer says he could not work for U-Haul without going psycho...

I once told Hans that the frequency with which I post here is inversely proportionate to my job satisfaction. You be the judge.

Oh God, what's happening to me?

Well, I finally rented Final Fantasy. I think I'm glad I did not see it in the theater - the graphics are amazing, but I'm not sure they could withstand the scrutiny on a full-size movie screen. The plot is not bad though.

This is, in fact, not a sarcastic comment on the Americanization of the world. In the process of moving to Phoenix, I've apppreciated the fact that I can go to a Target, a Walmart, or a Blockbuster and know how it works.

this is a test, please disregard